How is England trying to end thousands of years of peat extraction?
Political reporter, BBC Somerset
The soggy plants in peat take in carbon dioxide during photosynthesis but because they stay wet rather than fully decompose they hold onto that CO2. If the peat is dug up the stored carbon is released. Ben Malin, the sixth-generation managing director of the company, said they would eventually stop extracting peat.Ben Malin's company produces three million bags of compost a year at its factory on the Somerset Levels
Hestercombe gardens, near Taunton, are also moving towards a peat-free future - food waste from the kitchens and shredded paper from the office are mixed with garden waste to make their own compost.Head gardener Claire Greensdale said: "The only place we struggle really is the bedding plants on the Victorian terrace. They're grown for us by professionals who are reluctant to change and will probably end their careers as peat phases out.
The spokesperson said the government has stopped granting licences for peat extraction on new or existing sites.
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